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Dilawar Hussain
Dilawar Hussain
Born: 19 March 1907, Lahore, Punjab
Died: 26 August 1967, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Major Teams: Muslims, Northern India, Central India, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Known As: Dilawar Hussain
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Other: Wicket-Keeper
Test Debut: India v England at Calcutta, 2nd Test, 1933/34
Last Test: India v England at The Oval, 3rd Test, 1936
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 3 6 0 254 59 42.33 0 3 6 1
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1924/25 - 1940/41)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100s Ct St
Batting & Fielding 57 94 9 2394 122 28.16 4 70 32
R W Ave BBI 5 10
Bowling 40 0 - - 0 0
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
The honour of being the first Indian to get two fifties in a Test goes
to this well built wicketkeeper batsman. What's more, it was on his
debut. Dilawar Hussain's impact then was immediate. Opening the
batting in the second Test against England at Calcutta, Hussain was
forced to retire hurt when 7, after being hit on the back of the head
by a ball from Morris Nichols. This was on the second evening but on
the third morning he came back to the crease and showed admirable
determination in top scoring with 59. After India were forced to
follow on, 156 runs behind, Dilawar Hussain coming in at No 7, again
displayed patience and concentration in abundant measure in top
scoring again with 57.
As a Cambridge undergraduate, Hussain was called upon to assist the
1936 team in England when both the originally chosen wicketkeepers
were unfit. He scored 620 runs at a healthy average of 44.28 and in
the only Test he played at the Oval, he made 35 and 54, going in at No
3. In a first class career that stretched from 1924 to 1941, Dilawar
Hussain made over 2000 runs including four centuries and effected
almost 100 dismissals. Later Hussain was a college principal in
Lahore, a founder member of the Board of Control for Cricket in
Pakistan and a Test selector.(Partab Ramchand)
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